Create an awesome leather studded icon in Photoshop + Free PSD

In this tutorial, we’ll go through simple, easy and effective steps for creating a nice leather studded social bookmark icon. There’s a light use of the Pen Tool in the tutorial, but most of it uses Selection Tools and shape tools to create this icon. The idea of writing this tutorial is to make sure that you’ll get familiar with some useful techniques which are otherwise... Read More

Create a crumbled paper effect in Photoshop + PSD

I was searching for some icons for inspiration to write a tutorial and I stumbled upon an awesome set of icons which really perked me up. I noticed a subtle look in those icons and starting to create them using Photoshop. I know that creating icons in Illustrator is more professional than trying them out in Photoshop but since I’m still new to Illustrator, and Photoshop is... Read More

Create a stormy Harry Potter Text effect in Photoshop

The new movie in the Harry potter series is due release later this year. Even though I am not a huge fan of Harry potter, I am definitely inspired by the posters they create. It is magical, fascinating and gives a surreal look. So, I thought of recreating one of their text effects. In this tutorial, we will be creating the Harry Potter text effect with a brilliant stormy night.... Read More

Create a shiny and realistic pearl in Photoshop

In one of my previous tutorials, we learnt how to create a shiny orb and then went on to create a shiny earth. This tutorial pretty much uses a few of the similar techniques used in the former one. In this tutorial, we will be learning how to create a shiny, glowing realistic pearl. We will be learning a lot of interesting stuff in layer styles. Layer Styles is definitely one of... Read More

Photoshop Basics #1 : How to effectively use the Transformation Tool

Well, It is quite an undeniable fact that there are many graphic designers who are able to achieve amazing stuff with Photoshop. But, for those of us who are still eager to learn and create such artworks, we need to master the basics. Many sites feature tutorials on creating wonderful text effects, stunning photo-manipulations and other stuff. Very few(among the popular ones) sites... Read More

Create a Super Cool 3D Text in Photoshop

We have seen so many tutorials on the web which uses the 3D text for creating awesome typographic images. Well, those 3D text are usually created using a 3D program like 3DSMax, Xara 3D, Cinema 4D and so on. But, what if you don’t have such high profile 3D tools. Especially, if you are not a hard core CG Artist, you wouldn’t be needing these stuff. If your aim is to... Read More

Create a realistic looking Earth in Photoshop

While I was browsing for some icons in Iconspedia, I stumbled upon some awesome looking shiny spheres. It immediately caught my eye and I wanted to recreate them in Photoshop. As I was finishing the image, I recalled one of the tutorials in PSDTuts, to create a realistic earth using the 3D rendering features of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Unfortunately, I have CS3, so i decided to try... Read More

Create a Glass Text effect in Photoshop and Shatter it

There are some great effects you can achieve using Ph0toshop and there are so many tutorials on the web to show us how. The most under-appreciated text affect that has long been forgotten is the glass text effect. In this tutorial, we will be creating an amazing looking glass text effect and better yet, we will use the power of the lasso tool and shatter the text into pieces. We... Read More

Create a tilt shift Photography using Photoshop

When we see some awesome pictures which use tilt shift photography, we are definitely amazed by how it can create such a depth of field. Well, the truth is, using sophisticated cameras, one can achieve such marvelous photographs. But, what if we do not own such a camera but we still like to create such ‘model photography’. In this tutorial, I shall teach you exactly... Read More